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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Jan Bastiaan Bouwstra, Bilthoven, NL;
Andries Johannes Jozef Van ES, Dorst, NL;
Yuzo Toda, Asaka, JP;
Jan Bastiaan Bouwstra, Bilthoven, NL;
Andries Johannes Jozef Van Es, Dorst, NL;
Yuzo Toda, Asaka, JP;
Fuji Film Manufacturing Europe B.V., Tilburg, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a support for culturing cells, in particular to microcarriers coated with gelatine or gelatine-like proteins. Such microcarriers serve as support for culturing anchorage dependent cells. In particular the invention relates to a process for the preparation of a cell culture support comprising the step of coating a microcarrier bead with gelatine or gelatine-like protein, said gelatine or gelatine-like protein having a molecular weight of about 40 kDa to about 200 kDa.